Belt sander attachment for power tools



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BELT SANDER ATTACHMENT FoR POWER TooLs Filed-June 1, 1948 5 sheets-sheet 1 gli/wf@ C. RUE/41.5,

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BELT SANDER ATTACHMENT FORTOWER TooLs Filed June l, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. EAM/m- Cf EUA-HAE Patented Jan. 16, 1951 BELT SANDER ATTACHMENT FOR POWER TOOLS Elmer C. Ruehle, Alhambra, Calif. Application June 1, 1948, Serial No. 30,287

6 Claims.

This invention relates to belt sanding machines, and more particularly to a belt sanding attachment for support and operation by the power driven chuck of a power tool such as a drill press.

The present application is a continuation-inpart of my application for improvement in Belt Sander Attachment, led March 5, 1946, Ser. No. 652,135, now abandoned.

An object of the invention is to make an improved and simplified belt sanding attachment for a power tool.

Another object is to provide a belt sanding attachment for support and power driving by the chuck of a power tool to which it is attached.

Another object is to drive and support a drum rotating shaft of a belt sanding attachment in the rotatable chuck of a power driven tool, and to support a work area of the sanding belt on a frame anchored against driving torque from a non-rotating element of the power driven tool.

Another object is to facilitate pivotal adjustment between head and tail drums of a belt sander to compensate for unevenness in the sanding belt, without materially changing the overall lateral separation between the axes of rotation of said drums.

Another object is to make a belt sanding attachment for a power tool having a power rotated chuck mounted on a non-rotating support, the attachment having a rotatable head drum spindle with an end thereof adapted to be gripped for support and rotation by such chuck; and having a tail drum shaft mounted laterally, substantially parallel to, and for pivotal and laterally separable adjustment from the head drum shaft, torque resistance and supplemental support for the tail drum shaft being derived from a nonrotating portion of the power tool.

Another object is to make a belt sander attachment for a power tool having a power driven chuck, the attachment comprising an intermediately articulated and extensibly adjustable frame, with a head drum and a tail drum mounted to pivot on substantially parallel axes on opposite ends of the frame, the head drum having a coaxial spindle extension adapted to be gripped, for support of the entire attachment and power rotation of the head shaft, in said chuck.

A still further object is to make a belt sanding attachment for a machine tool having a power driven chuck, whereby a rotatable belt actuating element of the attachment is gripped in such chuck for powered rotation thereby.

In order to attain these and other objects, there is provided in accordance with one feature of the invention, an assembly having a head sanding-belt drum pivoted in a frame extending radially from the drum, the head drum having an axial spindle portion thereof extending endwise therefrom and adapted to be gripped for driving connection and bodily support f itself and the frame, in the power driven chuck of a machine tool; a torque support being adapted to be secured to connect the frame of the belt sander attachment to a non-rotative chuck supporting element of the power tool, the frame having a tail drum pivotally mounted in the other end thereof from the head drum to pivot freely about an axis substantially parallel to that of the head drum, with means for tilting and laterally separating adjusting between the head and tail drum axes.

Another object is to make a belt sander attachment for mounting on and support by the chuck and quill of a drill press.

These and other features of the invention will be brought out in detail in the following description and the accompanying drawings, the rst ve figures of which comprise all the drawings of my previously led application of which the present constitutes a continuation-in-part. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of one form of belt sander attachment embodying my invention, showing a fragment of a drill press to which it is attached for power driving and support;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken in the plane of the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view showing the opposite side of the attachment illustrated in Fig. 1, with the sanding belt removed to show the adjusting mechanism;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken in the plane of the line il-i of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modified and presently preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line l-'l of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is an isometric View of one half of a reversible two piece frame shown in Figs. 6 to 8 and including a tail drum and other parts associated therewith;

Fig-10 is a side elevational view of a modied arrangement of the attachment, with a handle for hand sanding operation mounted thereon; and

Fig. 1l is an end elevational View of a handle shown in Fig. l0.

Referring first to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the chuck Il is the usual power driven chuck of a machine tool such as the drill press illustrated by the numeral l2 of Fig. l.

A spindle i3 of the belt sanding attachment has an upwardly extending end portion I4 adapted to be inserted in, and gripped by, the chuck Il. As

shown in Fig. 4 the spindle i3 has an enlarged central portion l5, and a further enlarged lower end portion it, with a shouldered orlset il therebetween for supporting the inner race of a lower ball bearing 2st thereon. The lower end of the spindle it has a tapered extension 3 upon which an additional device such as a chuck i9 may be mounted, as shown in Fig. 3.

A sanding belt head drum 2l has an axial bore portion in the lower end thereof as illustrated, closely to receive the large portion lll of the spindle i3 therein. The head drum is secured to the shaft i3 to rotate therewith as by a set screw 22. The upper portion of the head drum has a larger axial bere portion therein. The head drum is located axially oi the spindle lil so that the shoulder il is just above the offset between the smaller larger bore portions in the head drur.

The device comprises broadly a primary or head drum assembly A and a secondary or tail drum assembly B which has combined slidable and pivotal adjusted connection thereto. A primary frame member 25 has an opening therethrough freely to receive the shaft It therein, and has flanged tubular bearing support members 28 and 2Q secured, in axial alinement with the opening 2e, on opposite sides of the frame member 25.

The tubular bearing support members 23 and 29 are secured in position by machine screws 2l which pass through alined holes in the flanges of the bearing supports and the frame member 2, The lower end of the lower bearing support member 2S has an internal annular recess therein, the offset Si between this recess and the bore o the tubular bearing support 2B forming a shouldered support engaging the outer race of the lower ball bearing An upper ball bearing 3E is mounted in the upper bearing support member 29, and has its outer race supported on the top marginal area of the frame member te around the spindle opening A thrust collar is fitted onto the intermediate portion l5 or the spindle I3 and is secured thereto by a set screw 3mi'. The lower inner portion o this collar rests on the inner race of the ball bearing rhe outer marginal area of the lower face or the collar 33 is relieved to clear the outer race or" 'the bearing Both the ball bearings 2d and preferably are of the combined thrust and racial load bearing type. Thus the head drum 2i and its shalt are mounted for free rotation relatively to the frame member 25 and its connected parts, and at the same time will support the thrust imposed by the weight of the pnary frame member 25 and its supported parts when the upper end portion Iii of the spindle i3 is inserted in and gripped by a power tool chuck i l.

To prevent rotation of the frame during a belt sanding operation, a torque member 3E is secured to the frame member 2li and to a non-rotating part of the power tool such as a depth gauge bracket 36 secured on the quill or nen-rotating sleeve i@ o the drill press of l, which moves vertically with the chuck in the conventional drill press. rlhe torque member 35 may be a strip ci band iron or other relatively light material having suilicient edgewise rigidity to resist the torque i LJosed by power operation of the attachand pi ssure exerted by an operator in a work piece against the sanding belt use. 7the entire weight or the attachcan be supported from the spindle 53 gripped in the chuck l l, so that the torque member need not be rigid in the direction of its thickness.

rl'he primary frame member has a side plate tl secured thereto as by screws 3S and depending therefrom along or adjacent an edge thereof. The outer face of plate is fiat and substantially tangent to the head drum 28 and also to a tail drum Se which is mounted as described hereinafter and is pivoted to rotate freely about an axis substantially parallel to, and laterally opposite, the head drum. Thus, when a usual flexible sanding belt il is mounted around the head and tail drums with its abrasive side out, the outer surface of the planiform frame portion t1 serves as a backing support or platen for a straight run of the belt between drums.

At its inner side, the plate 3? serves as a base for the supporting and adjusting mechanism for the tail drum 3Q. A secondary frame member, such as a fiat plate e2, has an elongated slot lll lengthwise therethrough. This .sl-ot is of a 'width slidably to receive an elongated guide member 5 therein. guide member is pivoted adjacent one end thereof, on a bolt 13e, which is mounted in a hole in the side plate Si of the primary frame member. The head of the bolt is flush with the outer surface of the plate 3l so as not to interfere with the function of the plate in backing up the sanding belt during a operation.

The othe" portion of t e guide member 46 from that pivoted on the bolt le has a vertically elongated slot d3 therethrough, best shown in Fig. A second belt ed, mounted in the frame member similarly to the bolt til, extends through this slot fail so as to provide for pivotal adjustment of the guide member Large washers i5 and 15a are mounted on the bolts it and M respectively, to overlie the guide member it and the marginal areas of the frame member it alongside the slot il therein, rilhe guide member preferably is slightly thicker than the secondary frame member adjacent the slot il therein. Therefore, after pivotally adjusting the guide member l5 the nuts of the bolts :i3 and 4d may be drawn down tightly, so that the washers d5 and lita, will bind the guide member securely in adjusted position and will retain the secondary frame member i2 against outward displacement relatively to the side plate 3l of the primary frame. The slight difference in thickness between the guide member de and the secondary frame member lll?. leaves a slight sliding clearance between the washers and the secondary frame member, leaving the latter free for endwise slidable movement under the impulse of a spring 5l for tautening the sanding belt 5.

The tail drum 39 is pivoted for free rotation about an axis substantially parallel to and laterally spaced from that of the head drum 2l, by

means of a shaft mounted in a yoke on the secondary frame structure. The yoke is provided by bracket arms 49 secured to extend endwise from opposite edges of the secondary frame member 42.

In order to maintain the sanding belt 4| under resilient tension during use of the attachment, the coil spring 5l is held lin compression between a bracket 52, secured to the plate 3"! of the primary frame member, and a bracket 53 secured to the secondary frame member 12. The action of this spring exerts a resilient separative force between the head and tail drum assemblies A and B, and thereby between the axes of the head and tail drums pivoted therein. The force of the spring should be such as to exert a required ten- 5-` sion onthe sanding belt, and to permit the secondary frame member 42 to be moved slidably toward the head drum shaft I3, by manual pressure on the outer end of the adjustable assembly B to retract or shorten the device for mounting or demounting a sanding belt. Outward extensible movement of the secondary frame member 42 under the impulse of the coil spring 5D is limited by the engagement of the inner end of slot ll with the inner end of the guide member when no belt is mounted on the drum.

Small sanding belts of the character employed on the present attachment usually are glued up from strips of sand paper or emery cloth, and frequently are not of exactly the same length on both edges. Also, one edge of the belt sometimes tends to elongate after use. Adjustment for satisfactory use of such an uneven belt may be made by tilting the axes of the belt supporting drums relatively to each other about an axis substanthe secondary frame E5 through the secondary frame member d2. This tilts the axis of the tail drum 39 journaled in the secondary frame, relatively to the axis of the head drum journaled in the primary frame A.

To control the pivotal adjustment thus pro vided an adjusting screw 5d is threaded through a hole in the primary frame member 25. An unthreaded lower end portion 55 of reduced diameter of the screw 54 is journaled in a bracket 55. The bracket 5t in turn is pivotally mounted on the pivoted guide member 46. A spring clip or ring is mounted in an annular groove around the lower end of the unthreaded lower portion 55 of ie screw 5d to prevent relative endwise movement between the screw 5 and the bracket 55. Axial threaded adjustment of the screw 54 upon loosening the bolts t3 and 44 to release the guide member l, thus may be employed to adjust the pivotal position of the guide member 45 and its supported secondary frame member. This ad, justrfient tilts the axis of the tail drum supported in the secondary frame assembly about the bolt irl as an axis relatively to the axis or" the head drum supported in the primary frame assembly A.

The pivotal frame articulation axis provided by the holt lll is substantially perpendicular to a plane containing the approximately parallel axes of the head and tail drums, and is located within the space between the two drums and intermediately ci their ends. Slight angular devian tion from an exact perpendicular positioning of the bolt relatively to the common plane of the drum in order to permit mounting the bolt in a convenient frame member, such as the member t?, does not noticeably affect the operation of the belt adjustment thus provided.

The relative tilting adjustment between the drum axes has the effect of shortening the distance separating the drums at one end thereof and lengthening the distance separating their other ends. Thus it will be seen that by locating the pivotal axis for adjustment within the space lying between the two sanding drums, and interm mediately of their ends, adjustments to compensate for slight dierences in length between opposite edges of a sanding belt can be accomplished without materially changing the lateral separation of the drums at their mid-portions.

The axis of pivotal frame adjustment, as denedi mounted on a support comprising rods 5l andl 51a. These rods are inserted slidably and rotatably through holes in the primary frame member adjusted position. Tubular flanged guide members 59 and 59a, secured to the lower surface of the frame member 25, act to stiien and brace the portions of the support rods 51 and 57a, while permitting vertical and angular adjustment thereof. The lower ends of the support rods are bent laterally at right angles to pass beneath the;

lower edge of the sanding belt and the frame structure, and then upwardly. A pair of tubular flanged receptacles 6| and Bla are secured to the lower side of the dat, U-shaped work support table 62. These receptacles are adapted to receive rotatably the upwardly bent ends of the support rods 51 and 51u to support the work table thereon.

i Release of the set screws 58 and 58a permits the work table to be raised or lowered and also to be swung toward or away from the belt, the difference in spacing between receptacles (il and Ela and guides 59 and 59a permitting differential swinging movement of the two ends of the table 62.

It will be noted particularly in Fig. 1 that the axial spindle projection i4 of the head drum 2|, when inserted in and gripped by the chuck of the drill press, supports the entire sander frame and work table structure in cantilever fashion from the spindle of the drill press, while the upwardly extending torque member 35 resists torque forces imposed on the device by the rotation of the head spindle and the travel of a sanding belt. It also resists such forces imposed by the pressing of a work piece against the sanding belt. Additionally, the torque member is placed in tension by forces tending to force the outer end of the sander frame downward, transmitting such forces to the quill of the drill press and thereby stabili@ ing and strengthening the attachment.. By this arrangement the sander of the present invention can be mounted on a drill press almost as easily as the mounting of a drill therein, and needs no adjusting of the drill press table nor exterior support from extraneous objects or members.

The modied structure illustrated in Figs. 6 to` 9 of the drawings is a presently preferred form of my invention. This modied form is adapted to be supported by, and to receive its driving impulse from, a power tool having a power rotated chuck such as the drill press 7B in Fig. 6 with its usual power driven chuck 'Il mounted on a drill press spindle lla. The drill press also has a usual non-rotative quill llb in which the drill press spindle is journaled, and which moves vertically with the drill press spindle.

A head drum spindle l2 of a belt sander attachment has an upwardly projecting end portion 'i3 which is adapted to be inserted into and gripped by a rotatably driven power tool such as the drill press chuck 1l.

The head drum spindle 12 has a head. sandingbelt support drum 'M secured thereto as by having a close driving or press t thereon. The head drum as illustrated is of die cast metal such as aluminum. It has a hub portion 'Ma with three radially projecting web spokes 14h and a cylindrical rim portion 14e, A rubber sheath 'lt pref- Set screws 58 and 58a secure the rods inv i erably is secured over the outer face of the rim to provide frictional engagement with a sanding belt when mounted thereon.

The head drum spindle 'I2 is journaled in ball bearings 'Il and '18, which preferably are of the combined thrust and radial load type. The inner races of these bearings have a close t on the spindle 'I2 and preferably are in contact with the ends of the h-ub portion of the head drum 113. While not so illustrated these bearings preferably are of a usual dust proof type, since in use the device produces a gritty dust harmful to exposed bearings.

The outer races of both the ball bearingsl are seated in inwardly opening circular recesses, formed in a primary frame assembly 82 by the registering of two similar semi-circular recesses 80 and 8l in each of two similar reversible complementary primary frame half members 83 and B4 as best shown in Fig. 9. These recesses each have a web over the outer side thereof to resist outward thrust on a bearing mounted therein. A notch E6 is provided centrally of each of these webs to clear the shaft i2 and the inner races of the ball bearings when mounted thereon. The primary frame half members 83 and 30 preferably are die cast or molded from metal or suitable plastic material, although other methods of making them will of course readily occur to one ordinarily skilled in machine design.

Briefly each primary frame half portion, of which the portion 83 is shown in Figs. 8 and 9, has Ya box-like central portion provided at its inner end with integrally formed upper and lower side wall bearing support extensions 8l and 88, between which the head drum 'Ill is located. These side wall extensions comprise a yoke which provides bearing support for the head drum bearings in the complementary semi-circular recesses 80 and 8l therein as previously brought out; These endwise extensions are of a length to provide adequate operating clearance between the periphery of the head drum and the end of the box-like central portion of the primary frame.

Ears 89, 90, QI and 92 are provided on the top and bottom sides of the frame half members and are located laterally opposite each other in pairs so as to register with each other when the frame halves are reversed and assembled as in Figs. 6 and '7. These ears have registering holes therethrough to receive securing bolts S3 by which the frame halves are secured together in this position, with the inner lateral faces of the two half members abutting each other along a medi-an vertical plane extending longitudinally of the frame.

Elongated notches are provided in the edges oi the side walls of the primary frame half members 83 and 31%. These notches register with similar notches in the other frame half member when assembled therewith to form elongated slots 94 (see Fig. 7) at the top and bottom sides of the frame to receive carriage bolts SVI and 98 therein. Bolt head retaining flanges 99 and |09 are spaced inwardly from each slotted opening 94 a distance sufficient to receive the heads of the bolts 91 and Q8 between the flange and the side of the frame. This retains the bolts with their square shank portions inwardly of their heads in the slot 90 to prevent the bolt from turning when screwing a nut on and 01T.

Semi-circular complementary recesses IUI and 02 are provided in opposed pairs in the top and bottom side walls of each box-like frame member. These recesses register with their corresponding opposites when the frame halves are g assembled to receive the rounded end portions of a pivotal frame adjusting screw |06 for axial movement therein as will be brought out later herein.

A pair of spring supporting buttresses ID3 and |00 are formed to extend inwardly from the top and bottom side walls and inwardly from the lateral side portion of each primary frame half member as shown in Fig. 9. Semi-circular complementary spring receiving notches |01 and |08 are provided in an outer end wall |09 of the primary frame half portions. These notches are in endwise alinement with the spring supporting buttresses |03 and |04 respectively to permit passage of belt tensioning springs I I0 and I I I therethrough,

A central notch I I2 of semi-spherical section is provided in the center of each end wall |09. The two central notches form, when two frame halves are assembled as in Figs. 6 and 7, a pivotal seat of spherical shape for the ball end portion II3 o a tubular guide member H4. This tubular guide member is notched at its inner end to receive the pivotal adjusting screw |06 therein. The adjusting screw is connected to the guide member H4 by a through pin H5 for limited pivotal movement relatively thereto.

A cooperating guide member, comprising a rod II?, has a sliding telescoping t in the tubular guide member lill. The outer end of the cooperating guide member I I'I is fitted securely into a hole in the transverse portion of an H-Shaped secondary frame member I I8.

The inner ends of the top and bottom side portions of the H-shaped secondary frame member IIS flt slidably into endwise notches |20 in each side of the primary frame assembly 82, see Fig, 10. These notches are formed by pairs of registering recesses in each frame half member 83 and B4, see Fig. 9.

The outer end portions I IE of both the top and bottom sides of the H-shaped secondary frame member IIS are rounded to correspond with the ends of a cylindrical tail drum I 22. The tail drum is pivoted on a shaft |24 which is mounted in openings centrally of the rounded frame end Dortions I I5. The tail drum preferably is supported for free rotation on the shaft |24 by dust sealed ball bearings |23.

When a sanding belt |25 of proper length is mounted around the head and tail drums the coil springs H0 and III are held in compression between their supporting buttresses II3 and I I4 on the primary frame assembly 02 and the H- A shaped secondary frame member II8. The secondary frame assembly is indicated generally by the numeral II9. The force of these springs exerts an endwise separating or extending force between the primary and secondary frames and the axes of their supported head and tail drums respectively which produces tension on the sanding belt.

The primary frame half members 83 and 84 preferably are tapered from their inner or head drum supporting ends toward their outer or tail drum frame supporting ends. The amount of taper is determined by the relative diameters and the amount of separation between the axes of the head and tail drums. The taper of the frame preferably is such that both lateral sides of the frame are substantially tangent to both the head and tail drums when assembled therewith as best shown in Fig. 7.

When the device is assembled as described and the end portion 'I3 of the head drum spindle is gripped in the chuck 'II of the drill press as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 8, the frame made up of the two intersecured primary frame half members 83 and 84 and the pivotally adjustable secondary frame member i I8 extends outward at one side of the head drum spindle below the chuck ll, the tail drum I2?. being journaled on the frame at the outer end thereof for rotation about an airis generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the head drum spindle. In this position, the weight of the frame, together with the tail drum and other parts carried thereby, is supported on the head drum spindle by end thrust in the bearing means thereof, so that the entire device is supported and operated by the drill press.

A backing sheet or platen IBI of stiff, springy, abrasion resisting sheet material such as steel, is mounted to overlie the forward lateral face of the primary frame member Si! as shown in Figs, 6 and 7. This platen cover sheet is secured to the primary frame member Eri as by two small countersunk-head type through bolts M52. The heads of these bolts are flush with the platent sheet so not to interfere with the free running of the sanding belt l25 over them. The platen cover sheet has two important functions. First; it permits the use of relatively soit die castings which ot-herwise would tend to wear rapidly when subjected to the abrasive action of grit particles, which in use find their way between the sanding belt and the frame, under the pressure of a work piece held against the outer surface of the sanding belt. Second; since in use the sheet plate member itl has been found to have a slightly resilient action under pressure of a work piece, it provides a better working surface which improves the action and apparently prolongs the life of the sanding beltsl Additionally of course the platen plate can be replaced in case it ever should wear through, and since the area which is covered by the platen plate is the area of the attachment which is subjected to the most wear, even this third advantage is not negligible.

Both lateral sides of the frame back up the straight runs of the sanding belt between the drums and may be used if desired to provide platens or backing Support for the sanding belt during a sanding operation against either side of the frame. This becomes important, for example, where one portion of a sanding operation requires table support while another portion does not. If desired an additional and similar backing support or platen covering sheet I! may be mounted over the rear lateral face of the primary frame member 84, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The secondary frame assembly IIS is guided in its endwise movement relatively to the primary frame B2 by the slidable movement of the guide rod II'! in the pivoted guide tube lill. Pivotal movement of the secondary frame assembly by the pivoted guide tube is limited however to movement about an axis substantially normal to the plane defined by the axes of the head and tail drums. This limitation of pivotal movement is provided by the slidable mounting of the top and bottom sides of the lei-shaped secondary frame member l i8 in the notches IZB in the primary frame 32. Thus, the secondary frame assembly and the tail drum carried thereby are pivotally movable in the median longitudinal vertical plane of the primary frame assembly, and the axes of both the head and tail drums are located in this median` longitudinal plane.

Nuts E28 and i129 are screwed onto threaded ends of the pivotal adjusting member I for endwise adjustment thereof, Endwise movement'of the member |66 swings the pivoted tubular guide member l Ill and thereby pivotally moves the secondary frame assembly I I9 mounted on the guide rod lI'I'. The aXis of such pivotal adjustment of the tail drum assembly extends perpendicular to the plane of the axes of the head and tail drums and passes through the center of the ball end portion IIS of guide tube IM. Thus in this case also the axis of pivotal adjustment is located between the head and tail drums and in a plane perpendicular to the aXis of the head drum 'i4 at substantially the mid-length thereof.

For convenience in changing sanding belts, a latch is provided to retain the secondary frame assembly H9 in retracted position relatively to the primary frame assembly 82. This latch comprises a latch pin I3IJ having a central portion ESI, and end portions I32 and I 33 of reduced diarneter. The small inner end portion |33 is mounted slidably in an opening in the side wall of the pivoted tubular guide member l I4, having suiiicient clearance from the edges of such hole to permit full required pivotal adjustment of the guide member llt. The reduced outer end por tion I3? of the latch pin is mounted slidably in a hole formed by the registering of semi-circular notches i3d in the side walls of each primary frame half member in Fig. 9, The inner end of the latch pin is of a length and diameter to permit it to be pushed manually into an annular groove I3? around the slide rod II'I when the secondary frame IIS is pressed inwardly against the force of the springs lll) and lll to fully retracted position.

When in this annular groove the latch pin is gripped in shear by the force of the springs Il!) and I!! upon release of the retracting force, thereby latching the two frame members in their relatively retracted condition. To free the frames for extension under the force of the springs IIB and I I l the frame portions may again be pushed inwardly toward each other to release the latch pin from shear, whereupon the pin may be pulled outwardly out of the groove I3?. In all other relative positions of the primary and secondary frames the inner end of the latch pin will ride on the surface of the cooperating guide rod Il? without restricting its movement.

A work support table ISB, which may be of the same general type as that illustrated and described ior the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, has a downwardly extending support rod ISS connected thereto. This shaft is inserted for vertical slidable adjustment, in a collar IMI, which is mounted on the end of a rigid metal bracket MI, The support rod ISS may be an chored in adjusted position in the collar MIB by a hand screw IllZ, see Fig. 7. The supporting bracket Ifll has a longitudinally extending slotted opening Mia therein near its inner end, the opening being of a size to receive therein the shank of the lower carriage bolt S8 mounted in the primary frame lower slot Si! as previously described. A wing nut I 43 threaded onto the bolt 93 grips the bracket Il between the wing nut and the frame to secure the bracket in adjusted position.

The upper carriage bolt Sl is adapted to enter `a hole in a torque member |44 which is gripped by a wing nut I 45 and held in secured position against the top of the primary frame 82. The upper end of the torque member I 44 may be secured to a bracket Idl mounted on the quill of operation by a power' tool having a power driven spindle rotatable about a vertical axis and provided at its lower end with a chuck, said attachment comprising: a head drum shaft having a vertical axis; a frame projecting outward from said axis at one side oi said shaft; end thrust and radial load bearing means interposed between said shaft and the inner end of said frame jour-- naling and supporting said frame on said shaft to support the frame on the shaft by end thrust in said bearing means and to permit rotation of said shaft relative to said frame about its vertical axis; said shaft having an end portion projecting upwardly beyond the frame to be gripped in the chuck of the power tool for support and rotation thereby, so as to support the frame in outwardly projecting position below said chuck; said frame being provided with top and bottom side members each having a longitudinally extending slot at a position intermediate the inner and outer ends of the frame; a separate b'olt extending vertically through the slot in each of said side members and movable longitudinally of the slot, each bolt having a head at its inner end engaging the inner face of the side member and having a threaded portion extending outwardly beyond the side member; a nut engaging the outwardly extending portion of each o-f said bolts so as to provide for adjustable attachment of another member to the frame by clamping engagement between the nut and the side member; a head drum mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith and positioned adjacent the inner end of said frame; and tail drum journaled on said frame at the outer end thereof for rotation about an axis generally parallel to the axis of said head drum shaft; said head and tail drums being positioned to receive and operatively support a sanding belt.

4. A belt sanding attachment as set forth in claim l, in which each of said bolts is provided with a square shank portion engaged within the corresponding slot to prevent the bolt from turning, and the frame is provided with a flange spaced vertically inward from each of said slots in position to engage the head of the bolt to retain said square shank portion in non-rotative engagement within the slot.

5. A belt sander attachment for a power tool having a chuck, said attachment being adapted operatively to support a sanding belt and comprising: a primary frame composed of two identically shaped reversely positioned half members rigidily secured together, the outer lateral face of each frame half member being planiform, and the inner lateral face of each half member having cooperating complementary recesses therein to receive bearing means and a ball pivot element; a head drum spindle journaled on said frame in end thrust bearing means mounted in a pair of said complementary recesses, an end portion of said spindle projecting beyond said frame for operative insertion in and support by the chuck of a power tool; a head drum secured coaxially on said spindle opposite said primary frame to have the planiform outer faces of both of said frame half members tangent thereto; a guide member having a ball pivot element thereon pivoted in a pair of said complementary recesses in said primary frame half members for pivotal movement of said guide member about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of thehead drum spindle; a secondary frame having an end portion thereof slidably engaging said primary frame for endwise sliding and tilting movement in a median longitudinal plane oi said primary frame perpendicular to said pivot axis; a cooperating guide member secured to said secondary frame and in sliding guided engagement with said pivoted guide member; spring means operatively engaging said primary and secondary frames resiliently to urge the frames apart; a tail drum journaled in said secondary frame for rotation about an axis disposed in said median longitudinal plane so as to have the planiform outer races of said frame half members tangent to said tail drum; and adjustable means operatively engaging the primary frame and operatively connected to said pivoted guide member to tilt the secondary frame and its supported tail drum about said pivot axis.

6. A belt sander attachment for a power tool having a chuck, said attachment being adapted operatively to support a sanding belt and comprising: a primary frame composed of two identically shaped reversely positioned, hollow half members rigidly secured together, the outer lateral frace of each frame member being planiform, the frame half members joining on a median plane, and the inner lateral faces thereof having cooperating recesses therein to receive bearing means, a ball pivot portion, and a secondary frame; a head drum spindle journaled on said primary frame in end thrust bearing means mounted in a pair of said complementary recesses, the axis of said spindle lying in the median plane of juncture of said primary frame half members, an end portion of said spindle projecting beyond said primary frame for operative insertion in and support by the chuck of a power tool; a head drum secured coaxially of said spindle to have the planiform outer faces of said frame half members tangent thereto; a guide member having a ball pivot element thereon pivoted in a pair of said complementary recesses in said frame half members for pivotal movement of said guide member about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to said median plane; a secondary frame having portions thereof slidably inserted in notches formed by pairs of said complementary recesses in said primary frame half members for endwise sliding and tilting movement relatively thereto in said median plane; a cooperating guide member secured to said secondary frame and in sliding guided engagement with said pivoted guide member; spring means operatively engaging said primary and secondary frames to urge the frames apart; a tail drum journaled in said secondary frame for rotation about an axis generally parallel to that of the head drum and in said median plane; and adjustable means operatively engaging the primary frame and connected to said pivoted guide member to tilt the secondary frame and its supported tail drum about said pivot axis.

ELMER, C. RUEHLE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,588,044 January 16, 1951 ELMER C. RUEHLE It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed speoication of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 2, line 10, for the Word adjusting read adjustment; column 9, line 23, for platent read platen; column 12,1ine 54, for an read and; column 13, line 4l, for the Claim reference numeral l read 3 Column 14, line 23, for fraoe read face;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read as corrected above, so that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ooe.

Signed and sealed this 3rd day of April, A. D. 1951.

[SEAL] THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Gommz'ssz'oner of Patents, 

